Grain receival sites up and running

Victoria's major grain handler expects all its Mallee receival sites to be fully operational by the end of the week.

GrainCorp's southern division manager, Jack Tansley, says sites at Ouyen, Piangil, Manangatang, Tempy and Speed are now open, although light rain at the weekend will delay harvest in many areas.

He says the season's dry finish means small grain is a potential problem and extra segregations for barley have already been set up at some sites.

"On the weekend some of the sites were open on Saturday, some where open on Saturday and Sunday and some were just open on Sunday, just depending on what level of activity, who was operating, but I think we will see the hours stretch out ... [to] seven-day-a-week operations ... so that is going to happen pretty quickly," he said.